The Genpei War escalates with Minamoto no Yoshinaka's troops charging into the turmoil. Yorimoto elects to vanquish Yoshinaka despite their belonging to the same clan. To stop the Genji Clan infighting, Hyota (Yoshitsune) confronts Yoshinaka.

m&c! also releases volume 3 of the manga-meets-wayangGarudayana — DalangIs Yuniarto's take on the Mahabharata epic. (I refer to the komikus, also the creator of Wind Rider and the Knights of Apocalypse trilogy by the traditional title given puppet masters with utmost May I worship? I will worship respect.)

New m&c! manga and manhwa

Three series premiere: the psychological drama/tragedy My Life by Momochi Reiko; the Princess × Find x Fiancé My Own Princess by Hwang MiRee; and the Psychic Powers, Secret Organizations, Secret IdentityOut Code by Suzuragi Karin & Himenogi Haruhiko. (Not in the mood for what m&c! calls a tear dropper, so you know which one I'll be spotlighting here.)

Beautiful, smart, strong but unapproachable On Nuri finds her life upended by sexeh! Lee Sunwoo, couriering a message from a father she's never even known, let alone acknowledged. Bishie confesses to being Nuri's fiancé, an admission Nuri views with suspicion as Sunwoo is (to put it mildly) unlike anyone on the planet.

New Titles

Headstrong Nobara and sweet Kotori are identical twins. Since their father's death in an accident, they have lived apart: Kotori with their mother and Nobara with their grandmother.

Longing for mom underpins Nobara and Kotori's agreement to secretly swap places every week. The twin switch ends when Kotori is murdered whilst playing Nobara. Guilt-stricken, Nobara chooses to shed her own identity and live as Kotori.

Baka-Updates Manga sez that Japanese manga fans adore Momochi Reiko-sensei for her unflinchingly realistic portrayal of the myriad serious issues facing teens today, which, regardless of my enduring love for Bond, negates any intention of a My Life GET! (I mentioned I wasn't in the mood for angst.) But perhaps this series is a bit lighter than the Level-published Momochi Reiko manga. (In addition to Bond, Level has also published The Door, Rumour and Secret.)

Strange cases of human combustion in the water bring PSI, a covert organization, out in force. PSI investigator Shirogane Hinako zeroes in on a young boy, Kirisaki Kirio, as the perp behind the supernatural crime.

Baka-Updates Manga IDs why officer Shirogane isolates Kirio from the suspects' line-up: he has the ability of electrocution.

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A wizard from Vilata kingdom presents a mantle entrusted by someone. Sylth's retainers recognize the mantle as belonging to their lord. What has happened to the master wizard? And why do bizarre events follow in the mysterious mage's wake?

The rest of the ongoing series

Aoizaka Baseball Club 18 by Tanaka Motoyuki: The Koushien tournament opening game. Aoizaka ace Kitarou manages to score a Perfect Game, but runs into difficulties when he and his teammates take on the Kagawa representative, Narusawa High, in the third game.

Golden Age 14 by Samukawa Kazuyuki: The Saegusa Cup eliminations begin. The Kamome team goes up against the Yokohama Dolphins. At first Kamome leads with one goal, but with Izumo and Tanba entering the game, the Dolphins overtake for a 3 to 1 lead. Can Kamome, even with golden combi Yui and Oumi, still grab the win?

Secret 6 by Han YuRang: Hae Ri tries to hurt Bo Eun after learning that Bo Eun is the daughter of SS group managing director. Later, Bo Eun's aunt shows up and whisks the girl off to the United States.